Greg Albrecht

Managing Partner

Greg Albrecht brings over 16 years of executive search experience and 18 years of human resource management experience as Co-Founder with Chandler McCoy to form a new venture as M & A Executive Search LLC.

Prior to starting M & A Executive search, Mr. Albrecht was a Senior Partner at Sathe Executive Search where he worked with manufacturing companies, professional services, telecomm, construction, city municipalities, and non-profits assisting client companies in recruiting and hiring positions from Senior Manager to President level searches on a retained basis.

Mr. Albrecht’s expertise includes manufacturing operations, procurement, sales and marketing, human resource management, finance, and information technology as well as city government.

Prior to joining Sathe Executive Search, Mr. Albrecht worked as team leader for McGladrey & Pullen’s search practice for 6 years focusing on CFO, finance, technology, and manufacturing management searches.  Prior to McGladrey & Pullen, Mr. Albrecht worked as a human resources director with a specialty chemical and lubrication manufacturer; an electrical and electronics manufacturer; and the world’s largest manufacturer of picture frames, all in human resource management roles.  Mr. Albrecht played a key role in establishing the human resource function, facilitating company-wide reorganization, and recruiting management talent in the areas of finance, information technology, and manufacturing operations.

Mr. Albrecht has a business administration degree from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and an MBA in Human Resources Management from Dominican University in Chicago.  Currently he is President of the Rotary Club of Eden Prairie and serves on the board of the Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce and several other non-profit boards.  Additionally, he has served as a mentor for the Carlson School of Management for the past 10 years and won the prestigious “Mentor of the Year Award” for 2003-2004 for the Carlson School of Management

Charitable Activities

Greg Albrecht, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of M&A Executive Search, has a long history of charitable activities in the metro area.   His philosophy is to give back to the community in mentoring youth and providing educational opportunities for his mentees.

Here are some of the organizations that Greg is and has been involved with:

• Greg has served as a mentor for Big Brothers for the last twelve years with two different little brothers, from 1996 to present.
• Albrecht has been a mentor for the Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota for the past ten years and won the prestigious Mentor of the Year award in 2004
• Greg is currently the President of the Rotary Club of Eden Prairie A.M. and has been involved in numerous committees in the club and won a distinguished service award from the district in 2006 and 2007.
• Albrecht is currently on the Board of Directors for the Eden Prairie A Better Chance Foundation and works on their development committee.  He is also actively involved in fundraising for the program where Julie Albrecht and Greg run the foundation’s annual 5K Fun Run.
• Another board that Greg sits on is the Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce.  He also served as the chair of the Education Committee and various other committees.
• Volunteer coach at Lifetime Fitness (previously Northwest Athletic Club).  Albrecht has been an active triathlete and marathon coach for Lifetime Fitness St. Louis Park for eight years and has trained and coached hundreds of triathletes and marathon runners.  Albrecht is a seasoned veteran of over 160 triathlons and over 75 marathons.
• During the years of 2006 and 2007 Albrecht served on the Eden Prairie Foundation Board of the Board of Directors and was actively involved in the Development Committee.
• From 1999 to 2004 Albrecht served as the chair of the recruitment team through the Twin Cities Human Resource Association and in 2005 to 2006 was a member of the Senior Management Leadership Team.
• Previous to 1999 Albrecht was involved in volunteering for Junior Achievement, Bolder Options, and has been mentoring students through the Strive Program at the Eden Prairie High School.

Contact Greg: galbrecht@maexecsearch.com